Legal Opinion
Dana M. Wojtkowski v. Richard K. Cade
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 1, 1984No. 83-1612PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
In this appeal, Wojtkowski takes exception to the amount of the attorney’s fee which the district court awarded to him after his successful prosecution of a civil rights action. 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Besides contending that the fee is inadequate, he also asserts that the district court improperly denied prejudgment interest both on the damages and on the fee. We affirm.
Wojtkowski sued the town of Montague, Massachusetts, its police chief and three police officers for $200,000 compensatory damages based on an incident involving his arrest and detention. The district…
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